I am often asked by a suspecting prospective customer“Doesn’t Oil Wear Out or Break Down?” This is brought aboutby myths, untrue stories, or mostly just by lack ofknowledge of oil properties. My answer is always, “No, Oilgets dirty but it does not wear out.” This fact issubstantiated by the U. S. Bureau of Standards, the ShellOil Company, the U. S. Air Force, and many others.

Combustion in an engine creates several byproductsincluding water, soot, carbon, heat, and gases. Let’s notconcentrate on gasses because that is corrected by yoursmog system. Heat is another thing that is controlled byyour cooling system. That leaves soot and water vaporand/or liquid. Of course metal wear is also happening andminute particles of metal or bearing material is mixed inthe oil.

The water is often seen at the exhaust pipe dripping or inthe form of white smoke. This is not harmful if the engineis run for a significant time for it to evaporate anddispense out the system but what happens when it doesn’t?On short runs to the post office or short trip to the storeis harmful to the engine because this water doesn’t get achance to burn off and will combine to form acid. This isbad. Fortunately, the Frantz Oil Filter is efficient enoughto eliminate or capture small quantities of water in liquidform and trap it from your lubrication system reducing thehazard to your mechanical parts. Frantz Oil Filters canremove or capture as much as six ounces of water. Do yourealize how much six ounces actually is? It is 12tablespoons, 177 milliliters, or 3/4 of a cup of liquid.Yes, similar to almost a cup of coffee.

During an experiment today, I wanted to know how much waterin liquid form a typical roll of toilet paper would hold. Istarted out coloring 1240ml or 2.5 pints of water and usedblue food coloring to better view the results. The photosare on the www.FRANTZOIL.com website under the Mythssection for review. Here’s the link but it is easier to goto the home page and click Myths. http://www.frantzoil.com/page/page/5651679.htm.

It is amazing how much water a roll of toilet paper canactually retain.

My initial photo shows filling the measuring pitcher fromthe faucet after starting with several drops of blue foodcoloring. This is followed by a close-up of the measuredwater to begin the test. Next, it shows the clear beaker, aTP cartridge from a new Frantz Oil Filter from my stock,and a plastic container to plug up the center cardboardfrom retaining any volume of water during test. The nextphoto shows the plastic plug in the top of the centercardboard. Now we’re ready to start the test.

The next six photos are stages of filling the TP with thecolored water from the pitcher. Then a photo shows thesaturation point indicated by fluid in the bottom of thebeaker. This surplus fluid is poured back into the pitchedleaving the beaker dry and containing a saturated roll ofTP with colored water.

Now it is time to measure the remaining water in thepitcher and calculate the difference which is the water theroll of TP absorbed. The starting water was approximately41 ounces or 1240 ml or a little over 2.5 pints of water.The final measurement was about 12 ounces or 865 ml orabout 3/4 pint left. The difference equals 29 ounces or 865ml or 1.75 pints of water absorbed. This is almost FIVETIMES the amount of water Frantz claims the TP will retainor remove from your oil. I was quite impressed with theresults of my unofficial experiment.

Getting back to my original statement, soot or carbon isalso a product of combustion along with metal wear. TheFrantz Oil Filter filters out these materials to a muchfiner degree simply because of the amount of filteringmaterial the oil is run through in the filtering process.These impurities are sometimes visible after installing aFrantz Oil Filter and changing the filter TP element. Thetop of the TP occasionally will have shiny objectsembedded. Guess what? It’s not water or oil. It’s metal.Similarly, there will be dirty soot or carbon trapped bythe Frantz TP element. These impurities diminish inseverity as you continue to use the Frantz Filter andchange your TP element regularly. These are impurities yourstock car manufacturer’s filter missed.

Even though the Frantz Oil Filter does this excellentcleaning of your engine oil, it does not remove theadditives the oil was produced with so you are stillreceiving those benefits. The result is the oil in yourengine is almost as pure as when you first poured it inyour engine. Be aware however, the coloring may change.

Black or dark oil is not necessarily dirty oil. The heatgenerated by the engine will act on the additives andsometimes change the original color of the oil. One of mycar’s oil is a light machine oil color or very light honeycolor while my other car is a dark black color. One iseasily viewed on the dipstick while the other could bemistaken for no oil at all o the dipstick. The best test isusing a blotter or coffee filter paper and drip a drop ofoil onto it and after a few minutes, view it to see anysoot or particles on the white paper. The oil should fadeinto just a darkened spot with no visible soot or anythingelse showing in the spot if it is clean. Of course youcould also spend the money you are saving with your FrantzOil Filter and have an oil sample evaluated and tested at alab. This would be the ultimate proof.